Lot Essay
Two similar dishes are illustrated in Baltisches Silber, by Annelore Leistikow, Lneburg, 1996, p. 160, ill. 298 and 299. These with Biblical scenes and are slightly smaller in size
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MAKER'S MARK OF JRGEN LINDEN, RIGA, DATED 1680
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A Baltic silver dish
Maker's mark of Jrgen Linden, Riga, dated 1680
Shaped oval, the broad border chased with flower heads and foliage with birds at intervals, the centre chased with the mythological scene of a dragon slayed by arrows, the hero standing with a bow, engraved with the inscription 'O.K.K.L.B.A.V.D.O.G.S. Anno 1680', marked on rim
20in. (53cm.) long
36ozs. (1,128gr.)
Maker's mark of Jrgen Linden, Riga, dated 1680
Shaped oval, the broad border chased with flower heads and foliage with birds at intervals, the centre chased with the mythological scene of a dragon slayed by arrows, the hero standing with a bow, engraved with the inscription 'O.K.K.L.B.A.V.D.O.G.S. Anno 1680', marked on rim
20in. (53cm.) long
36ozs. (1,128gr.)